Improvement in clasps for side-arms



F. A. WILL & J. FINCK.

Clasp for Side-A rms.

N0 ]25 92] Patented Apri|23,1872.

fitness Inventors LITIIDSHAFHIL 0, N, X (OSBORNE/F PROCESS.)

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

FREDERICK A. WILL AND JULIUS FINGK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLASPS FOR SlDE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,921, dated April23, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK A. WILL and J ULIUS FINOK, of the city ofSan Francisco, county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented an Improved Clasp for Side-Arms; and we do hereby declare thefollowing description and accompanying drawing are sufficient to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearlyappertains to make and use the said invention without further inventionor experiment.

Our invention relates toimprovements in the clasps which are employedfor attaching or suspending the scabbards or holsters of side-arms fromthe-belt or waistband of the person carryin g them 5 and the object isto provide a simple and cheap device by which the attachment can bequickly made, and, when made, will not be liable to become unfastenedand the arm lost.

In order to illustrate more fully and to explain my invention, referenceis had to the accompanying drawing forming apart of this specification,in which- A represents a knife scabbard or other sheath or holster forside-arms. In order to secure this scabbard or case to the belt orwaistband of the wearer a small plate, I), is secured to it near theupper end. Attached to this plate by ahinge or joint, 0, is the claspbar61, which extends down a short distance toward the lower end of thesheath, and is provided with a hook or catch, 6, at its lower end, onthe under side. A fiat spring, f, is

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fastened to the under side of the clasp-bar, and bent so as to bearagainst the sheath beneath it and thus keep the extremity of the claspraised. In some instances this spring may be dispensed with. A smallscrewpasses through the upper end of the clasp-bar on the opposite sideof the joint and bears against the plate I), so that by turning thescrew to the right the short end of the clasp-bar will be elevated andthe hooked end will be depressed upon the sheath, and as a consequencethe opposite turning raises the hooked end.

In order to fasten the sheath to the person it will only be necessary toinsert the waistband or belt under the clasp-bar and turn the screw soas to depress the hooked end of the This binds the waistband between thebar and the sheath so as to secure the sheath firmly to it, where itwill remain until the free end of the bar is raised by the screw.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by LettersPatent is- A clasp for the sheaths of side-arms, consisting of thevibrating hooked clasp-bar d, or its equivalent, spring f, and screw g,constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose describedherein.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

Gno. H. STRONG.

